One Method to AVOID the Pain of the Comparison Trap

Use your own scoreboard. I encourage you to measure your success less by how many followers you have, how much money you own and how much power you possess and more by the freedom, joy, great health, love and beauty that fills your days. If you'd like to significantly increase your happiness via real-world habits […]

One Rule to Lead Your Field in This Era of Hypercompetition

Practice is your superpower and while your industry peers are playing with their phones, make sure you’re setting aside at least one hour each day to enrich the one skill that will cause you to be more useful to your customers. If you’re seeking some strong inspiration to grow your business and self—along with some […]

How the GREATEST Business-Builders, Creatives + Producers Work

To me, work is not only a worldly pursuit but also a spiritual one. There are a lot of people saying that we shouldn’t make work our obsession. On this, I agree and for years and years I’ve been sharing the message that peak performance without deep renewal leads to an empty well (and a […]

How You Can Become a Braver Human Being TODAY [6-Minute Episode]

Bravery speaks to, well, being brave. Leaning into the places that terrify you. Hugging your monsters and slaying your dragons and exploring your shadows.  The real stuff of a gorgeous life. If you’re seeking some strong inspiration to grow your business and self—along with some novel tools to win—go ahead and read (or listen to) […]

How I Handle the Critics + Complainers

The nature of beautiful, honest and inventive work is to cause people to have STRONG opinions.  Some will love you. And some will throw rocks at you, for what you’ve made. Your job is to stand steady. Knowing you’ve acted with artistic integrity and done your best—along with taking the rocks of the critics and […]

Be the Most Loving Person In Every Room

Recently I was fed a short video where the influencer yelled “Put yourself first or else you’re a loser that will be taken advantage of. Look—and I’d like to be clear—the great thing about a human life is we each get to have our own opinions. And I respect the right to have free speech […]

Focus On Providing Value [VS. Making Money]

Whether you lead a company, write screenplays, manage a shop or teach yoga, you’re in the business of building a base of fanatical followers around your product. And your brand. Please also know that the more passionately, excellently and committedly you grow your movement, the more gains you’ll see in your income, influence, impact and […]

The Highest Impact Leaders All Have *THIS* Trait In Common

The highest impact leaders all have one trait in common: they are extreme contrarians. They were seen by the majority as radicals, misfits and eccentrics. They saw what most see and thought what few think. They rejected the mass hypnosis and schooled brainwashing of society. That says that geniuses are cut from a different cloth, […]

How the Heavyweights Work [For ONLY 5 Hours a Day] 5-Minute Episode

The way most people work is from an ancient age. The idea that working longer and harder makes you more productive and better is outdated. For creative professionals versus manual laborers, you get rewarded—not by the length of time you put in but by the degree of mastery that you put out. As a matter […]